“Alas for we who are mortal, and are denied the luxury of dramatic license. We mus live, and go onward.”

“We speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on.”

“This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.”

“There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock.”

“We are alike, Joscelin and I, in that what we do, we do very well.”

“We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen. ”

“We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights. ”